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[Apollyon]

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Initials?

 

[Apollyon]

You're a little late, there.

 

[Apollyon]

But

 

[TPS report]

What does the "TPS" stand for?

really? I thought everyone knew!

 

[Apollyon]

Good job!

 

[TPS report]

You're a little late, there.

yah, was never good at math. 🙁 🙁

 

[Apollyon]

Not I

 

[Apollyon]

Is it something I should "know"?

 

[Apollyon]

Or did you already tell, once?

 

[TPS report]

ooooops I did it again!

 

[Apollyon]

Are you Britney Spears now?

 

[TPS report]

enough ice cream!!

I have diabetes now!!!

 

[TPS report]

Are you Britney Spears now?

hahaha... funny.

I hate that ho bag. she is so trailer and geto

 

[TPS report]

pad break...

putting ice cream away

 

[Apollyon]

Isn't calling someone "geto" 'ghetto' in itself?

 

[TPS report]

Isn't calling someone "geto" 'ghetto' in itself?

oh, that is deep. good one


((pondering "geto" v. "ghetto"))

 

[Apollyon]

What is the TPS?

 

[Apollyon]

Temporary Protected Status?

 

[TPS report]

I cannot find anything to watch on tv. 🙁 🙁

I have to multi-task and am trying to get at least 4 tasks going.

 

[Apollyon]

Toledo Public Schools?

 

[TPS report]

What is the TPS?

you are quite persistent!

 

[TPS report]

Toledo Public Schools?

yes, that's it.

 

[Apollyon]

No, I mean, I thought I missed it. You said you thought everyone knew, but I don't.

 

[TPS report]

it's nothing. just randomness.

why'd you choose apollyon?

 

[Apollyon]

Do you really want to know?

 

[Apollyon]

It's rather literary - and involved.

 

[TPS report]

It's rather literary - and involved.

hmm, i'd say we have time...!

do tell! please! sounds interesting and creative

 

[Apollyon]

Ok...

 

[Apollyon]

"Apollyon" is the destroyer.

 

[Apollyon]

In the Old Testament, the "Angel of Death", who flew over the houses taking the first born, was Apollyon.

 

[TPS report]

"Apollyon" is the destroyer.

go on....

 

[Apollyon]

The houses that put the sacrificial blood on the doorframes were "passed over" by the destroyer, and that's where "Passover" comes from.

 

[Apollyon]

'Apollyon' is Greek - also spelled Apolion, Appollyon, Apolyon - but all pronounced the same way.

 

[Apollyon]

In Hebrew, the destroyer is "Abaddon" (also spelled "Abbadon") - as in "sheol and abaddon" - "death and destruction"

 

[TPS report]

In the Old Testament, the "Angel of Death", who flew over the houses taking the first born, was Apollyon.

!! jeepers!!!

 

[Apollyon]

In religious writings, Apollyon is an angel of God.

 

[TPS report]

is it "Apol-lyon" ?

 

[Apollyon]

There is also, though, the opinion that Apollyon brings the plague of locusts in Revelations.

 

[Apollyon]

Ah-poll-ee-on.

 

[Apollyon]

In secular writings, such as in Milton's Paradise Lost, Apollyon is one of the fallen angels - a demon in Hell.

 

[MirrorTodd]

Interesting. You know, I think that biblical names are the best.

 

[Apollyon]

As for me, it is symbolic in that not everything that comes from God is good, but turns out to be the right thing in the end.

 

[TPS report]

Hey Todd! how are you?

 

[MirrorTodd]

I should have gone with super cool bible name.

 

[TPS report]

As for me, it is symbolic in that not everything that comes from God is good, but turns out to be the right thing in the end.

that is way cool. Very creative. thanks for explaining it. I kind of thought it was biblical but didn't really know

 

[Apollyon]

Similar to the phoenix, which arises from the ashes, or the jack pine, which needs a forest fire to burn trees down, to get hot enough to open the cones, that reseed the burnt ground.

 

[Apollyon]

The imagery that I find most compelling, though, is that of Michael - Micha-el - "Who is like God?"

 

[Apollyon]

In "Paradise Lost", Michael the Archangel strikes Lucifer on the right shoulder with his sword, rending him down his right side.

 

[Apollyon]

If you recall, in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, the T800 strikes the T1000 with a pipe, splitting the T1000 down the right side, which is a nod to "Paradise Lost"

 

[Apollyon]

I remember this one guy from Mt. Sinai when I was prelim.